OTW Advocate, Eric Elms, travels to Iceland to oversee the printing of his new “&Press” release. In between press checks he tours the amazing landscape Iceland has to offer.
Words via Streetmachine:
“Vans Syndicate and Streetmachine are proud to announce the launch of their first project together. Syndicate represents Vans’ premium skateboarding line and is available exclusively in selected skate stores. Streetmachine (1989) is one of Europe’s oldest skateboard retailers and has helped build the Copenhagen skate scene for over 13 years.
The 3-shoe collaboration sees the classic Old Skool silhouette sporting colourways directly inspired by three iconic Copenhagen skate spots. Here we have the Wonderland show; the design driven by the legendary bowl in the counter-culture heart of Christiania and legendary skateboarder Nicky Guerrero who absolutely killed the bowl during the filming for this.
Constructed using premium Vans syndicate materials, these feature a full-suede upper and Co-Molded PU footbeds with ImpactSorb gel pads for increased impact support. Available exclusively from Streetmachine, the Vans x Streetmachine Old Skool will go on sale June 8th, 10am.
Get inspired. Go skate.”
Words via FreshNGood:
“Twenty years, twenty skaters, twenty photos and one shoe, that was the premise for the opening reception of Vans Syndicate “Twenty” at New Image Art gallery in Hollywood, CA. From Steve Caballero to Stevie Williams, “Twenty”, a selection of images curated by Lance Dawes, celebrates the legacy of the iconic Half Cab. Custom waffle grip imprinted frames were made to highlight the master lensmen’s work and to symbolize the sole of skateboarding. Pabst Blue Ribbon provided the brew and Hollywood supplied the back drop for lucky attendees to bump elbows with skate idols like Christian Hosoi, Chad Muska, Jason Dill and Eric Dressen. Photographers like Mike O’Meally, Ben Colen and Atiba Jefferson came out from behind the lens to enjoy their well deserved moment in the spotlight and to remind us with their images just how influential the Half Cab has been to the past, present and future of skateboarding.”
Words via Hypebeast:
“Yesterday we offered an exclusive look into the forthcoming Harrington Lo collaboration between Vans and its longstanding partner DQM. A day later we present to you a short film highlighting the impending joint effort in a dashing, “no outs” game of Croquet. Featured in this amusing short are all elements from the collection, including the Madero sneakers, Harrington socks, matching polos and Spicoli Sunglasses. The Harrington Lo pack is expected to release this Friday, April 27, exclusively at both The Vans DQM General and the DQM online store.”
Check out this short video of the recent Vans Syndicate “TWENTY” photo exhibition, shot by Aaron Smith, for Skateboarder Magazine. Listen to a few short interviews with Cab, and Dill, on the iconic Half Cab, which is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary this year, and is receiving tons of special treatment, as rightfully so!
Words via FreshNGood:
“Late last year we got together with Lyon’s Wallstreet Skateshop to bring some of the Vans X Spitfire “Create and Destroy” vibes to Europe. Vans riders Sam Partaix and Kris Vile came by and lent a helping hand both with the build and the epic session that went down at this super secret spot.”
Henry Rollins, lead singer of Black Flag, rock icon, author, and public speaker has become a bit of a social activist in recent years. Speaking on social injustices and international affairs, Rollins spends a lot of his time traveling the globe, standing in the gap for those living in the margins. More specifically Rollins has spent a lot of time in Africa, helping the organization “Drop in the Bucket” bring clean drinking water to the local people. The organization strives to alleviate the problem of millions of people being without safe drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa, by building wells.
via OFFTHEWALL.TV
Words via FreshNGood:
“Back in the cold dark evenings of December the UK skate team chose to spend a fair deal of time in a dirty old tunnel building some obstacles and filming this little edit. Get in the tunnel to avoid the rain with some DIY action followed by bangers galore. Featuring visiting Belgian Phil Zwijsen and with thanks to help from Subvert skatestore and Eastbound Skateparks.”
OTWS member samcolt12 is the king of sneaker video reviews, and he doesn’t miss one Vans Syndicate release! We all depend on Tom to bring us a firsthand look at almost every new release that comes out, and there’s nobody out there who operates with the consistency that he does. Check out his video review of the Syndicate AVE/Dill “Cheetah” Old Skool“. Thanks for doing these for us, good sir!
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